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Author Topic: "Front of Center Design"?  (Read 436 times)

Offline Jason R. Wesbrock

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"Front of Center Design"?
« on: March 16, 2008, 05:47:00 PM »
Sometimes I'm pretty good at smelling snake oil.

For the past year or so there's been at least one company promoting carbon arrow shafts with "Front of Center Design". I believe their commercials tout it as "weight forward technology". I've kind of suspected it was bunk.

Today I was shooting a field round at the archery club when I found one of these arrows by Carbon Express -- camo up front, black on the back and "Front of Center Design" on the logo. It was very slightly cracked at the nock end, so instead of throwing it in the lost arrow bucket, I took it home. After stripping it down to a bare shaft (no nock, fletching, insert or point) and making sure it was clean, inside and out, I decided to see just how much so-called FOC this thing had.

The math is actually very simple. It's a 28 1/4" shaft, and the balance point is dead on at 14 1/8". So the FOC is, well...zero.   "[dntthnk]"
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Offline Whip

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Re: "Front of Center Design"?
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2008, 05:49:00 PM »
Sometimes it just has to make you laugh  :biglaugh:   It's all about marketing I guess  :rolleyes:
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Offline GameGetter

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Re: "Front of Center Design"?
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2008, 05:49:00 PM »
Wow, very interesting!
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Offline ishiwannabe

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Re: "Front of Center Design"?
« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2008, 06:05:00 PM »
Nothing different about the insert either?
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Offline bloodyarrow

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Re: "Front of Center Design"?
« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2008, 06:10:00 PM »
Kinda like the "FOR GET THE WIND AND HUNT" just somthing else to get your money  "[dntthnk]"
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Offline Jason R. Wesbrock

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Re: "Front of Center Design"?
« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2008, 06:11:00 PM »
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Originally posted by ishiwannabe:
Nothing different about the insert either?
The insert only weighed 14 grains.
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Offline ishiwannabe

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Re: "Front of Center Design"?
« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2008, 06:15:00 PM »
Wow...I was just eyeballin' those online. Thanks for the info.
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Offline Lewis Brookshire III

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Re: "Front of Center Design"?
« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2008, 06:16:00 PM »
I have always wondered how much weight the camo dip could really weigh. Now I know.....nothing! LOL
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Offline ifalls_archer

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Re: "Front of Center Design"?
« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2008, 06:37:00 PM »
I suspect that you would need to trim these shafts from the nock end to keep FOC.  I wonder if the owner trimmed the point end to get to 28" and threw away his extra $30.  Just a thought.

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Offline Bjorn

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Re: "Front of Center Design"?
« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2008, 06:50:00 PM »
Dontcha' love the marketing department! Just another high performance jock strap!
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Offline bayoulongbowman

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Re: "Front of Center Design"?
« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2008, 06:51:00 PM »
makes Alum. and woodies look good again... :)
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Offline Terry Green

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Re: "Front of Center Design"?
« Reply #11 on: March 16, 2008, 07:03:00 PM »
Jason...didn't you know????  

Their 'regular' arrows are ROC. (rear of center, or negative FOC)    :D
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Offline blueslfb

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Re: "Front of Center Design"?
« Reply #12 on: March 16, 2008, 07:04:00 PM »
Thats why I love my woodies w/ my big 190grn heads.
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Offline Dr. Ed Ashby

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Re: "Front of Center Design"?
« Reply #13 on: March 16, 2008, 07:07:00 PM »
Why am I not surprised?  :rolleyes:  

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Offline Shawn Leonard

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Re: "Front of Center Design"?
« Reply #14 on: March 16, 2008, 07:32:00 PM »
Jason, I recently checked some at an archery shop as I was curious and they indeed were heavier up front. A 30" shaft balance at around 17"s fron nock end. These were $140 a dozen though and I would rather just add weight by using brass inserts or heavier heads. These were just being cut for a customer and they were actually a tad thicker walled near the point end. Shawn
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Offline whitebuffalo

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Re: "Front of Center Design"?
« Reply #15 on: March 16, 2008, 07:36:00 PM »
Dat is funny right there,,LOL,,
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Offline draco

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Re: "Front of Center Design"?
« Reply #16 on: March 17, 2008, 11:38:00 PM »
Would`nt you like to be the guy who came up with camoed arrows. One shot-one gone.
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